CONTRIBU TORS
JANET FITCH
Janet is a veteran
JF columnist, and
has written for both
magazines and
newspapers including
the Sun and the Daily
Mail, later owning her
own jewellery shops
TIM INGLE
Tim is co-founder
and director of Ingle
& Rhode Ltd, the UK’s
leading ethical fine
jewellery brand
GLEN ANTHONY
JOBLING
Glen Anthony is the
founder of Glen
Anthony Watches
who joined the watch
industry after years as a
garage designer
KATY TROMANS
Katy is a jeweller,
CAD designer and
Birmingham City
University School of
Jewellery graduate
EDITOR’S LET TER
NEW LOOK, SAME PASSION
Welcome to the new-look Jewellery Focus, which has been months in
development and the subject of spirited debate in the office. We started
our revamp editorial meeting with the principal objective of creating
something that more accurately reflects the shape and dynamics of
the trade today. And this is absolutely appropriate - in my six years as
editor of the magazine, a lot has changed.
The ways jewellery is designed, created, marketed and sold have
become more multivariate. New technologies have not only pervaded
the market, but matured and improved in their quality. Trade shows
have become less relevant. Industry bodies have merged, morphed
and seen many from the old guard replaced with new blood. The
arc of success for some of the biggest mass-market brands appears
to have reached and surpassed its apex. Challengers have come and
gone. But one thing remains: real design talent is harnessing the
new dynamics to make ever more beautiful and inventive pieces.
The scope of the real artistry in British jewellery design has become
wider, despite the challenging economics, and the internet age has
lowered barriers to entry.
Our new-look magazine aims to reflect this evolved market and
the characters in it. You’ll find seven new regular sections designed
to ensure we’re regularly shedding light on what people are doing
in a range of disciplines, from the benchwork and manufacture to
analysing consumer tastes and selling jewellery online. And to top
it all off, the new design and layouts speak to an industry for which
aesthetics are why many of its members get out of bed in the morning.
We hope you like what we’ve done with the place, and enjoy
digesting the jewellery trade’s best through a renewed and improved
editorial focus.
MICHAEL NORTHCOTT
Editor, Jewellery Focus
[email protected]
MAY 2019 | WWW.JEWELLERYFOCUS.CO.UK
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